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No. 403,236. Patented May 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE T. IVILSON, OF LOVVVILLE,

NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN D.

HOUGII AND SAMUEL GARBER, OF SAME PLACE.

.vEmoLE-POLE T|P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,236, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed January 30, 1889. Serial. No. 298,070. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowville, in the county of Lewis and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VehiclePole Tips; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in vehicle-pole tips; and it has for its obj ect to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient clip for holding the neck-yoke upon the pole, and one which will render it impossible for the ring of the yoke to slip off until the hook has been thrown back by hand.

The novelty in the present instance resides, in the peculiarity of construction and the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

It is a well-known fact that a great many accidents occur from having the traces unhook or the whiffletree break, thus allowing the end of the pole to drop while the traces of one horse are still fast. My construction avoids this objection, for when in place upon the pole it will be impossible for the neckyoke to slip off while the hook is against the pole, and as the neck-yoke moves forward the center piece is drawn into the hook and over the end thereof and holds the parts in position until the neck-yoke is pressed back and the hook is thrown back.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which-Y Figure l is a perspective View of a portion of a pole with my improved device attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the same. Fig. 3 is asimilar view showing the device formed integral wit-h the pole-tip.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Reference noW being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the end of the pole to which is attached the poletip B, of known construction, except as hereinafter specified.

My improved device is designated by the letter O; and it consists of the main or chambered portion c, which,when the device is not formed integral with the tip, as shown in Figs. l and 2, is formed with the ears or flanges d to receive the screws d for securing it to the pole or tip. A screw, d2, secures the outer end to the pole.

D is a spring secured at its rear end Within the portion c by means of the rivet e.

E is the hook, pivoted within the chambered portion c by means of the transverse pivot or pin e', and this hook is of peculiar shape, as best shown in Fig. 2. It extends downward and forward from its pivot and then returns toward its pivot, but upon a higher plane, and its free end is flattened and slightly concaved to correspond inversely with the curve of the pole or its tip, as shown, and at its eXtreme .end it is made quite thin, as shown, so as to render it impossible for the ring of the neckyoke to get beneath the same and escape or be drawn out when the neck-yoke is pulled forward. rlhe front end of the chambered portion is closed, and the wall g, forming said front end, adapts the device as a holdback when used upon a pole without a tip or upon a pole having a tip without the ring h.

The device above described is readily attached to poles that are in use either when provided with a tip or without. By the peculiarrconstruction of the tip-hook the strain thereon comes in line with or below the pivot of said hook, and all tendency of the strain von the neck-yoke to open or pull back the hook is avoided.

I may sometimes form the device integral with the pole-tip, as shown in Fig. 3.

To remove the central piece or ring, lc, of the neck-yoke it is only necessary to slide it back away from the point of the hook and throw back the hook by hand into the position shown by dotted lines.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- L 1. A device for the purpose described, coms IOO prisinga main portion, a fiat spring` arranged within the same, and a hook pivoted to said portion with one end bearing on said spring` and the other end having a flattened portion concaved upon its under side, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a combined poletip and clip formed integral, Said tip being provided with a pivoted hook the forward end of which extends below its pivot and is fiattened and concaved upon its under side, substantially as and for the pur-v pose specified.

3. As au improved article of manufacture, the pole-:tip described, consisting of the tip B,

GEORGE T. WILSON.

Witnesses:

A. S. STODDARD, E. J; BosHART. 

